Class SeedGenerator

java.lang.Object

eduni.distributions.SeedGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

DiscreteGenerator, Seedable

public class SeedGenerator
extends Object
implements DiscreteGenerator

A SeedGenerator is a DiscreteGenerator which produces well-spaced seeds according to its spacing attribute. It relies on a RandomGenerator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SeedGenerator()
SeedGenerator(long seed, int spacing)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	getSeed()	Get the random number generator's seed.
void	reseed()	Get another seed well-spaced (from the default SeedGenerator)
long	sample()
void	setSeed(long seed)	Set the random number generator's seed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

SeedGenerator

public SeedGenerator()

SeedGenerator

public SeedGenerator(long seed,
 int spacing)

Method Details

setSeed

public void setSeed(long seed)

Description copied from interface: Seedable

Set the random number generator's seed.

Specified by:

setSeed in interface Seedable

Parameters:

seed - The new seed for the generator

getSeed

public long getSeed()

Description copied from interface: Seedable

Get the random number generator's seed.

Specified by:

getSeed in interface Seedable

Returns:

The generator's seed

reseed

public void reseed()

Description copied from interface: Seedable

Get another seed well-spaced (from the default SeedGenerator)

Specified by:

reseed in interface Seedable

sample

public long sample()

Specified by:

sample in interface DiscreteGenerator